Actual burial location.
Cenotaph in Ebenezer Cemetery, Franklin County, GA.
Son of Leonard Shannon and Charlotte Brawner.
He married Martha Saphrona Williams Shannon on 12/25/1856 in Franklin County; he was 21.
Father of 2 year-old James D. and 10 month-old William Brooks on 1860 U.S. Census; John Marcellus born just prior to time of death.
Residence Franklin County; farmer; 6' tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair.
Company B "Tugalo Blues" of Franklin County, 15th Georgia Infantry, Toombs' Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted 3/10/1862 at Augusta, Richmond County and was mustered into Company B, 15th GA. as a Private.
Died of pneumonia in camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
His widow filed a Settlement Claim 5/26/1863 (co-signed by her father-in-law, Leonard Shannon, as witness) and was paid $113.13.
The 15th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.
Cenotaph in Ebenezer Cemetery, Franklin County, GA.
Son of Leonard Shannon and Charlotte Brawner.
He married Martha Saphrona Williams Shannon on 12/25/1856 in Franklin County; he was 21.
Father of 2 year-old James D. and 10 month-old William Brooks on 1860 U.S. Census; John Marcellus born just prior to time of death.
Residence Franklin County; farmer; 6' tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair.
Company B "Tugalo Blues" of Franklin County, 15th Georgia Infantry, Toombs' Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted 3/10/1862 at Augusta, Richmond County and was mustered into Company B, 15th GA. as a Private.
Died of pneumonia in camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
His widow filed a Settlement Claim 5/26/1863 (co-signed by her father-in-law, Leonard Shannon, as witness) and was paid $113.13.
The 15th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.
Actual burial location.
Cenotaph in Ebenezer Cemetery, Franklin County, GA.
Son of Leonard Shannon and Charlotte Brawner.
He married Martha Saphrona Williams Shannon on 12/25/1856 in Franklin County; he was 21.
Father of 2 year-old James D. and 10 month-old William Brooks on 1860 U.S. Census; John Marcellus born just prior to time of death.
Residence Franklin County; farmer; 6' tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair.
Company B "Tugalo Blues" of Franklin County, 15th Georgia Infantry, Toombs' Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted 3/10/1862 at Augusta, Richmond County and was mustered into Company B, 15th GA. as a Private.
Died of pneumonia in camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
His widow filed a Settlement Claim 5/26/1863 (co-signed by her father-in-law, Leonard Shannon, as witness) and was paid $113.13.
The 15th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.
Cenotaph in Ebenezer Cemetery, Franklin County, GA.
Son of Leonard Shannon and Charlotte Brawner.
He married Martha Saphrona Williams Shannon on 12/25/1856 in Franklin County; he was 21.
Father of 2 year-old James D. and 10 month-old William Brooks on 1860 U.S. Census; John Marcellus born just prior to time of death.
Residence Franklin County; farmer; 6' tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair.
Company B "Tugalo Blues" of Franklin County, 15th Georgia Infantry, Toombs' Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Enlisted 3/10/1862 at Augusta, Richmond County and was mustered into Company B, 15th GA. as a Private.
Died of pneumonia in camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
His widow filed a Settlement Claim 5/26/1863 (co-signed by her father-in-law, Leonard Shannon, as witness) and was paid $113.13.
The 15th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.
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T.E. SHANNON
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